Chapter Four
Mora Five
Juliette took a deep breath. She could do this. Disappear into the crowd. Steal a weapon. Find the maju water. Save Torrin. Just like old times. Pretend you’re back on the streets. Hungry. Desperate. You can do this. You have to do this. Don’t think about it. Just do it. Remember the rules and don’t get caught.
Checking on Torrin one last time, she placed the back of her hand against his forehead. He was burning with fever. She stroked his hair with shaking fingers, murmuring, “Hey, tough guy. Don’t even think about dying before I get back.”
She’d never dreamt of visiting other worlds, other than perhaps as a child. Those dreams consisted of arriving as a royal princess, with a full entourage. Never, ever, had she imagined slipping undetected onto the planet, the
